If you find a pdf. document online that you want to use / read, first youwill need to save it to your computer (My Documents, Desktop, etc.).Then OPEN the pdf. From the toolbar at the top of the page select: VIEW----> then scroll down toselect---> READ OUT LOUD----> ACTIVATE READ OUT LOUD.

The Adobe program will read the page aloud to you...and NO fancy text reader software program needed!

Tickets are $12 per tween if you purchase online, or $16 at the door.Moms and mentors are FREE!

Tickets go on sale in early September at www.itickets.comInvite your friends to this public event, sponsored in part by GEMS!For more information, call: (801)GEM-SCLB or email Julie Ball at faithgirlzlynden@gmail.com

TICKETS REQUIRED – FREE http://www.kidsbooks.ca/
A limited number of tickets are still available on a first-come, first-serve basis only - sorry, no phone calls or emails; tickets must be picked up in person at Broadway store. Our website will be updated to indicate ticket availability, so check there before coming to the store!
Suzanne Collins
Tuesday November 2nd
from 7-8:30 pm
Kidsbooks, 3083 West Broadway

Annie Barrows
Two great events to choose from:

In North Vancouver: Thursday November 4th at 4:00 pm
Please note offsite venue: North Van District Library, Lynn Valley Branch
Community Meeting Room 1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver
For more information, call Kidsbooks in the Village at 604-986-6190
In Vancouver: Thursday November 4th at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

3D design is a great motivational and instructional tool. It exercises both left-brain and right-brain skills, and appeals to students of all abilities. ModelMetricks books contain easy-to-follow projects based on the free Google SketchUp application, to show how to model anything in 3D.

This site has a service for drawing the graphs of all kinds of functions . With Archimy, you will draw the graph of any function and form, just use your imagination. The program must be downloaded and is free.

Our research-based and standards-aligned free educational math games and language arts games will engage, motivate, and help teach students. Click a button below to play our free multi-player and single-player games!

This site is another great tool for creating Charts and graphs On Onlinecharttool.com you can design and share your own graphs online and for free We support a number of different chart types like: bar charts, pie charts, line charts, bubble charts and radar plots.

The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs. Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.

This site contains hands-on approaches for teaching the sometimes challenging concept of integers. Included are video clips, concrete models and Mat Board for solving the problems. Quick-Time media player is required.

This site contains a interesting digital game for middle-school pre-algebra students. It includes a wealth of intriguing math-based puzzles wrapped into an exciting narrative game in which students work to find their lost pet - and save the world from monsters.

MathsNet is an independent educational website providing free mathematics resources to the education community. Its aim is to offer truly interactive resources that are both wide and deep in terms of their applicability and usefulness. MathsNet is not an online textbook. It is interactive, requiring the user to participate rather than be a passive observer.

MathVids.com is a website dedicated to providing high quality, instructional, free math videos to middle school, high school, and college students who need math help.

Mathway

http://mathway.com

This site is powered by Bagatrix Solved!™ technology, Mathway provides students with the tools they need to solve their math problems. With tens of millions of problems already solved, Mathway is the #1 online problem solving resource available for students, parents, and teachers.

Explore all of the best K-6 math tools the web has to offer! From basic addition to geometry and fractions, from virtual manipulates to interactive games, from online calculators and converters to graphing tools. You will discover resources for every math topic you teach.

This site is a free interactive multimedia on-line tutorial for math students. Its first level, Numbers and Arithmetic , is a pre-Algebra level course suitable for grades 4-8. Unlike traditional textbooks, Visual Math Learning is designed to run on any personal computer with a modern browser.